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Photograph of Medford Plaza Apartments
Photograph by Ian Poellet, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Medford Plaza Apartments

Built in 1952 (International Style). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.

From the record

One of 154 National Register listings published here for Jackson County · listed in 2004 · category: Building · built in 1952, International Style.

Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 235 S. Oakdale Ave., Medford, 97501
  • When was it listed? June 2004
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Medford
  • When was it built? 1952
  • Architectural style. International Style
  • National Register reference number. 04000614 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

130 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 130 fires within 5 miles of Medford Plaza Apartments between 1992 and 2020, burning about 934 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 18 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Equipment and vehicle use38
Debris and open burning24
Arson/incendiarism18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Power generation/transmission/distribution11
Natural9
Fireworks6
Recreation and ceremony4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking3
Other causes1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2017Smokingunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersSOUTH STAGE 4760
5 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMedford UnitS. STAGE
26 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreMedford UnitGRIFFIN CRK #2
26 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMedford UnitCHERRY LANE
22 September 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMedford UnitDARK HOLLOW
21 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined633 acresMedford UnitDEER RIDGE
2 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMedford Unit3645 PIONEER
18 September 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMedford UnitCOLEMAN CREEK #2

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 44 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 44 workings within 5 miles of Medford Plaza Apartments: 31 past producers, 8 producers, 3 prospects, 2 occurrences. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Blue BucketGoldOccurrenceVein
Blue BucketGoldProspect
Bob SwindlerStonePast Producer
Bob SwindlerStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Brownsboro Pit & PlantStonePast Producer
Brownsboro Pit & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
DemossStonePast Producer
Demoss PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Gold MineGoldPast Producer
Gravel PitStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Jackson County

Storms near this property

15 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Medford, the town this property stands in, in 15 storm reports between 1995 and 2015: 10 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2015Thunderstorm WindSouth Medford-The Mail Tribune newspaper and the police scanner indicated that numerous trees were knocked down in the Medford area. Some fell into power lines, causing multiple power outages. Other fell into vehicles and homes. Lightning also was the suspected cause of at least one structure fire.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindMedford-A member of the public reported trees down at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
June 2012HailMedford-This warning was issued based on radar reports. A threshold VIL density for 1 inch hail was determined with ground truth earlier in the day and this warning was issued based on radar returns exceeding that threshold. Therefore it is assumed that this storm produced 1 inch or larger hail at some point in its lifespan.
August 2010HailMedford-This employee also reported 0.96 inches of rain.
August 2010HailMedford-Reported by Scott Lewis at KDRV television station.
August 2010HailMedford-A trained spotter 1 mile from the airport on Merriman Road reported hail that dented the roof of his car. He also measured 0.20 inches of rain.
August 2003HailMedford-Spotter JA40 in northeast Medford reported 3/4 inch hail and heavy rain.
August 2003HailMedford-Thai Bistro reported 3/4 inch hail covering ground at Stevens and Biddle.
August 2003HailMedford-Spotter JA61 in northeast Medford reported 3/4 inch hail.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindMedford-See below.
August 1999Thunderstorm WindMedford-Spotter reported one tree and lots of limbs blown down.
August 2010HailMedford-no account filed
July 2000Thunderstorm WindMedford-no account filed
July 1995HailMedford-no account filed
July 1995HailMedford-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jackson County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
U.S. Post Office and Courthouseunder 500 feet1979
Andrew J. Fredenburg House0.1 miles1982
Medford Carnegie Library0.1 miles1981
Jackson County Courthouse0.2 miles1986
West Side Feed and Sale Stable0.2 miles1981
Fluhrer Bakery Building0.2 miles1983

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 04000614 in Record Group 79.
Jackson CountyAll 154 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.